PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Tolbowl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tolbowl might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Do Da Stanky Leg. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Tolbowl
vs
Braddock

175 cm
24
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

189 cm
23
215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

OVERDOSE Factory: Q159.2 Energy and more!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Tolbowl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tolbowl.
Braddock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Braddock gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tolbowl to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tolbowl working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tolbowl with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tolbowl keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Braddock's head.
Tolbowl is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Braddock really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tolbowl. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tolbowl's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tolbowl tries to free his leg and advance position but Braddock is retaining full guard.
Tolbowl missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tolbowl has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braddock preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tolbowl with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock keeping full guard, as Tolbowl tries to pass.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Braddock can do anything to dispel that myth.
Braddock preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tolbowl postures up in Braddock's guard and throws a big left but Braddock blocks it.
Tolbowl postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tolbowl missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tolbowl trying to control the position from guard on top but Braddock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Braddock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tolbowl.
Tolbowl slips nicely into half guard.
Tolbowl sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Braddock defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tolbowl.
Tolbowl throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Braddock pushes Tolbowl off looking to stand but Tolbowl dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tolbowl throwing shots but Braddock is blocking nicely.
Tolbowl sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Braddock defending well though.
Tolbowl thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tolbowl drops an elbow to the side of Braddock's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tolbowl working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tolbowl throwing shots but Braddock is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Tolbowl.
Tolbowl is trying to control. Braddock wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tolbowl is nestled in close to Braddock, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Braddock avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tolbowl.
Tolbowl lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tolbowl thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Braddock's head.
Braddock tries to get to full guard but Tolbowl has control of the leg.
Tolbowl landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tolbowl throws a strike but Braddock avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Braddock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tolbowl.
Tolbowl with a flurry of punches that miss.
Braddock has momentary wrist control but Tolbowl slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolbowl with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tolbowl stopping the sweep attempt from Braddock.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braddock keeping full guard, as Tolbowl tries to pass.
Braddock working a defensive guard but Tolbowl manages to pass into side control anyway.

Tolbowl is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Braddock has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braddock taking a bit of punishment here - Tolbowl scoring with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Tolbowl dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Braddock, as that shot connected.
Tolbowl throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Tolbowl shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Tolbowl was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tolbowl scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Braddock?
Tolbowl throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tolbowl is landing with some decent strikes but Braddock is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tolbowl connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolbowl sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tolbowl postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Braddock bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Tolbowl and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Tolbowl!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Matt Tolbowl waved his t-shirt featuring OVERDOSE Factory: Q159.2 Energy and more!'s logo in front of the cameras.